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The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) system-wide Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be configured to Application Opt Out.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-36706 WINCC-000083 SV-50065r3_rule ECVP-1 unknown
Description
Attackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in systems and applications. The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit can enable several mechanisms, such as Data Execution Prevention (DEP), Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) on the system and applications adding additional levels of protection.
STIG Date
Windows Server 2008 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2014-04-08

Details

Check Text ( None )
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Fix Text (F-43192r5_fix)
EMET 4.0
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> EMET -> "System SEHOP" to "Enabled" with "Application Opt Out" selected.
(EMET 3.0 policy name - "SEHOP".)

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit must be installed on the system and the administrative template files added to make this setting available.

Document applications that do not function properly due to this setting, and are opted out, with the IAO.

Opted out exceptions can be configured with the following command.
EMET_Conf --Set "application path\executable name" -SEHOP